Creatine isn’t just for the gym anymore

The most researched supplement in sport is quietly becoming a brain-health story.

For decades, creatine lived in the world of strength sports, where its benefits, more power, more lean mass, faster recovery, are about as settled as sports science gets.

What’s changed is the brain. The same molecule that tops up energy in muscle also supports cellular energy in neurons, and a growing body of research links daily creatine to sharper cognition, steadier mood and resilience to poor sleep.

The protocol is refreshingly dull: five grams a day, every day, no loading required. It’s one of the cheapest, best-evidenced things you can take.